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e v e r s t o p b e a t in g y o u r w i f e ?
Say you hired a carpenter to build you
a house, and in half the time he
estimated, he had over two thirds of the
work dene; well, if you really look at it
about three fourths; and he asks you,
"How am I doin& boss?" What do you
say? "Take your pot smoking, liberal
friends, and clear out, I don't need your
kind to build my house!"?
What is it that makes some folks want
to crucify carpenters?
We are just a little bit cranky with The
Oregonian lately. Well, hell, let's just
include all the Media. Recently the Big
'O' printed a full page list of Our/Your
President's campaign promises of two
years ago and listed them alphabetically
under the headline, "Promises, Promises"
with a cute cartoon of "Slick Willy" on
the side. Well, now, your "page surfing"
reader might well imagine that it is the
old tale of promises made and not kept,
as there is no "Box Score" printed which
would be more in keeping with the '0"s
new image of slow television that gets
your fingers dirty.
The reader was asked to actually read
the story and count the yesses and nos
and come to their own conclusion. Well,
we did it. The score was 60 to 31 with 2
pending. Of 93 promises made during the
campaign two years ago, Slick Willy
succeeded in fulfilling sixty of them in
two years, and to the satisfaction of "The
Media". It is interesting to note that the
Nos included the promise to lower the
deficit by 100 Billion Dollars. A deficit
that had been growing out of control for
more than a decade. He was given a
failing mark on this promise because he
only reduced the budget by 98 Billion
Dollars. The Draft Dodger promised to
reduce the number of Aircraft Carriers
from 14 to 10; he reduced it to 12. I
don't know if you understand how hard it
is to take as big a toy as an aircraft
carrier away from someone as powerful
as a U.S. Navy Admiral, but Billy took
two. I goes on and on, but we are curious
why. Dave Barry called it the Failed
Clinton Administration before the
inaugural, while addressing the National
Press Club. (Hmn?) Is it the strange
combination of a Razorback Rhodes
Scholar? A draft dodging Commander in
Chief? A President who smoked pot?
Image is everything?
Apparently; ask the Ford Motor Co.
what killed the Edsel. They will tell you
one joke, "A Buick sucking a lemon."
Well, we of course blame Dave Barry
for the media perception of the Failed
Clinton Administration
What can be done? Well, we humbly
suggest that Mr. Clinton pull the ultimate
waffle and change party. He could run as
a Republican in 1996. Your beloved
editor would gladly welcome him to the
party of Tom McCall. The Repu’ cans as
well as the Democrats can write some
pretty good law when nobody cares who
gets credit. And, it really doesn't matter.
What matters is what the house looks like
when the job is done. And what the
family who live in that house think about
it. We think it's coming along, but the
carpenter could use some help from the
owners.
More Stuff...
This month, Valentine's day to be exact,
finds us celebrating the Birthday of Oregon,
its 136th. We recently were reading
Terence O'Donnell's "That Balance So Rare"
(The story of Oregon), Oregon Historical
Society Press. We are reminded that the
more things change... well, for example,
one John H. Mitchell, described as an
"accomplished lawyer, politician, scalawag
and womanizer," was sent to Washington
D.C. where he, "despite dishonesty and
sexual trangressions,. . . served as
Republican senator from Oregon for a total
of twenty-two years." Packwood in 98?
Speaking of Mr. O'Donnell, he is currently
writing the history of Cannon Beach, and
we are trying to get permission to print
some parts of the manuscript prior to
publication. Wish us luck.
One part of the history of our community
that has recently come to our attention, is
the village on the banks of Elk Creek which
was visited by William Clark and
Sacajawea, in an attempt to get whale meat
from the folks living here at the time.
Clark (arguably our first tourist) states that
the village was called. .. we love this...
No-Cost, and he did in fact draw a map of
the village showing the location of the
"tents". Recent excavations near the school
have apparently uncovered possible fire
pits and middens (piles of shells, indicating
kitchens). The City of Cannon Beach, to its
credit, is investigating the possibility that
the site could be mapped, again, and, we
would like to suggest, restored. If there is
interest in this, please - contact the Edge,
the City of Cannon Beach or the Cannon
Beach Historical Society, The Smithsonian,
The Lewis & Clark Society, all your friends;
and we could have some real fun.
Okay, we must first thank you, we both
know who you are. . . as a matter of fact
we could list over 45 names. . . Friends of
the Edge. Let us tell you about them. One
is a local woman whom we met one lunch
time in Bill's. She said, "I want to give you
some money for the paper," or something;
we were being introduced to a couple from
Warrenton at the same time. She wrote a
check and handed it over, we glanced at
the numbers, twenty, "Thanks" we said,
and then saw the other zero. The chin
became disengaged and a puzzled
expression filled our face . .. "This is" ... we
mouthed. "Yes, I really like the paper,"
she said. We also received cash from the
Salt King of New York, who seems to share
her fondness for giving away zeroes. We
only asked for ten bucks each, folks,. . .
Our first donation, we know for a fact,
came from a man who lived in the woods
this last summer, and could probably use
that cash at the moment, but would never
take it. Anyway.. . Well, we are obviously
humbled by this support, but not enough
to not say Happy Valentines Day!’ Time
for your "Edge Support Payment #2".
You, our Friend and Advertisers, have
managed, in spite of the obvious human
failings of your beloved editor, to keep this
paper going for almost three years now.
We have grown, and you have supported
that growth; we are getting bigger, we are
feeding more mouths, we are speaking to
more ears, eyes, minds; we are on the edge.
Are we having fun? Well, nuff said. The
Check's in the Mail, Right?
Q0NT1NUE.D
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were in a prime of sorts, this title certainly
applied. In more recent times voices have been
heard to question if it still rings true.
The Edge says yes, it does.
Even though the building population has
vastly erupted into new neighborhoods of
three-story, 12 room and mostly vacant houses;
even though the downtown area has lost, to
some degree, its small town appeal and you can
walk down the street some days and not know
anyone you pass, Cannon Beach has never even
slowed down artistically; the community
remains strong. Two prime examples of this
are: the Chamber of Commerce Building,
beautified and embellished by a number of local
artists, from the drinking fountain outside to the
clasps around the beams to the osprey nest
wind-vane on the roof; and the Cannon Beach
Arts Association Gallery, monthly stocked with
a the works of a variety of local artists and
staffed primarily by volunteers.
And an expanding population of artists is
making itself felt around the region and beyond.
This month Leslie Wood and Suzanne Williams
are two of a show of "Women Photographing
Women", starting Feb. 11th at the Ricciardi
Gallery in Astoria. Barbara Grant has long been
part of the backbone of the art community; she
has a show of her paintings coming up this
spring at the C.B. Arts Association Gallery. Fred
Dwello takes time off in the winter, cleans his
studio, and prepares for his next choice of
works, this year possibly woodblocks with an
air of the southwest. Ursula Ulrich continues
shaping concrete and plaster into beautiful
indoor and outdoor tiles. John Fraser, Cannon
Beach's dada artist, is creative with his
computer. Jim Kingwell carries on the legacy of
glass blowing. Sally Lackaff works on this
newspaper and is binding a bunch of her
hand-drawn wildlife books. Patrick Rock welds
dangerous steel sculptures, paints huge
paintings, and trudges to school every day.
Prissy Martin continues to fashion delicate and
intricate dried flower wreaths and
arrangements, a craft she has reigned over for
years.
The literary and audio arts are prevalent,
too. Grant Wood is probably writing as we
speak. Newcomer Michael Burgess will be
writing out of C.B. too from now on. Wes
Warmund and Tom Jiroudek are Altamira, an
acoustic duo that performs around the area. A
bunch of local musicians (Gary, Eric, Lisa, Billy,
Jody and many more from beyond) get together
for acoustic music every Friday evening at Bill's
Tavern.
Some of these may be people you've never
heard of, so we at the Upper Left Edge urge you
to keep a copy of this paper, maybe line
something with it, because it is likely you will
recognize these names someday. And
understand, these are just a few of the
diverse population of artists who continue to
make Cannon Beach what it is and has been to
this day. The Edge is proud to be acquainted
with so many of them.
Sally Lackaff
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Post Office Box 684
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
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